Progress Check
Use this activity to assess whether you and your peers can:
- Use a five-number summary and a boxplot to describe a distribution.
- Recognize quartiles as the markers between four equally-sized groups within a distribution of data.
- Describe the distribution of a quantitative variable grouped by a categorical variable; make comparisons and draw conclusions.
Directions
Use the drop-down menu to learn about the three steps needed to complete this assignment.
Three steps to complete the assignment
Step 1: Review the Rubric
- Before you submit your work, review the rubric at the bottom of this assignment.
- Use the rubric as a checklist to determine whether you are ready to submit your work.
Step 2: First Draft
- Commit a good-faith effort to address each item in the Prompt section below.
- Please be sure to number your responses and include “white space” between problem numbers. This improves the readability and flow of your work. I cannot give feedback and grade jumbled work.
- Use either of the following options to submit your work.
OPTION 1: You can submit a text-entry assignment (i.e. typing your answers in Canvas). To learn how to submit a text-entry assignment, use these (opens in a new tab).
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Step 3: Optional Final Draft
- After you submit your good-faith attempt to fully respond to the questions in the Prompt section below, advance to the ANSWER(S) page.
- You can use the ANSWER(S) page to correct your work and resubmit this assignment any time before I begin grading the problems. However, to earn full credit, you are not required to submit a final draft for this assignment. But if you do submit a final draft, I will only grade it if you submitted a good-faith effort on your first draft.
- Warning – I will only grade your most recent submission. So if you choose to submit a final draft, please do not leave anything out, and please do not direct me to read an earlier submission. To maximize your score, your most recent submission (at the time I begin grading) must be complete.
Data
For this assignment we will use a random sample of 861 participants from the population of Disability IAT participants. Our random sample is titled “Disability IAT Project Sample.”
- Login and open StatCrunch ().
- Open Disability IAT Project Sample in StatCrunch ().
Variables
Quantitative Variable: IAT-Disabled-Score
Score on the Disability IAT where the participant is tested to determine the participant’s implicit attitude toward disabled and abled people.
Categorical Variable: Prefers
Multiple-choice response to a survey question about the participant’s explicit attitude toward disabled and abled people.
Disability IAT (opens in a new tab).
Prompt
We’ll describe the distribution of the quantitative variable grouped by the categorical variable. Then we’ll make comparisons and draw conclusions.
- Make an appropriate graph and provide a table of appropriate numerical summaries.
- Use StatCrunch to make side-by-side (or stacked) boxplots for the quantitative variable grouped by the categorical variable. ().
- Embed your StatCrunch graph in your response, and be sure to include the Alt Text. Complete each of the following to make the graph more meaningful to the reader.
- Include a meaningful title above your graph.
- Underneath your graph, describe the variables represented in the graph.
- You’ll notice that there are numbers on the axis representing the categorical variable. These numbers are actually the group labels for the categorical variable. You’ll need to let the reader know which numbers represent which categories (groups). Below your graph, provide a key for the numerical labels in your graph. Hint: see the category (group) descriptions for the categorical variable in the variable descriptions list for your IAT data set above.
- Use StatCrunch to make one table of the five-number summaries for the groups of the categorical variable. ()
- Copy and paste the StatCrunch table of numerical summaries into your response.
- Again, the numbers in the first column of your table represent the groups of your categorical variable. The reader will not know what these numbers mean! To make it easier for the reader to understand your table, replace the numerical category labels in the first column with meaningful words. Hint: see the category descriptions for the categorical variable in the variable descriptions list for your IAT data set above.
- Choose two or three groups of the categorical variable that are most interesting to compare. Then use percentages and descriptions of center and spread to make comparisons. What do the data suggest? For example, is a particular group from the categorical variable more likely to have a higher/lower IAT score?
- Use the data to support your answer.
- Interpret the result in context. Hint: to learn how to interpret the IAT score, see the variable descriptions link for your IAT data set (included in the Variables section above).
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Rubric
Formative Assessments w/ StatCrunch
| Criteria | Ratings | Pts |
|---|---|---|
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This criterion is linked to a Learning OutcomeAnswering the Prompt |
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8 pts |
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This criterion is linked to a Learning OutcomeStatCrunch |
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2 pts |
Total Points: 10
Requirements: 15 h

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